Ron's Blog

           The single most compelling issue of our time, which this writer has never seen raised by any economist, reporter or historian, relates t...

To create a panic for political advantage is nothing new to the world of politics - but to wander around a powder magazine, while handing out cigars and matches, is nothing short of insanity.  Once before, the leadership of the Republican party made the threat to not allow Congress to raise the Federal debt ceiling.

        As a measure of wealth, gold has a long 3000-year history.  However most people tend to ignore the fact that silver has a similar record. ...

Where and how to begin? Any effort to understand the current status of the United States would be futile, without a clear appreciation of the labor...

The so-called “tax bill” The so-called “tax bill” which is now being jammed through the Reconciliation process, was in part created by the Senate i...

Why is the cost of health care higher in the United States than in any other industrialized nation on Earth? Is it possible that the answer is so o...

As always, it is painful to write in such terms as "Us vs. Them" however when one considers the mark of a man or women as the measure of their act...